Chapter 7 (Caring Community) Flashcards
Examples and Features of Vulnerable Groups
Examples:
- children, disabled, aged, ethnic minorities and poor families
Features:
- difficult to mobilize individual resources to deal with crisis
(including personal ability, financial asset and social network etc.)
- more prone to having crisis comparing with the general public
- need timely and additional assistance
Positive and Negative impact on Economic Growth
Positive
Family:
- can afford a higher quality of goods and services
- the quality of life improves
Community:
- different industries will emerge to meet the needs of the better-off community
- social atmosphere becomes pleasant and positive
Vulnerable Groups:
- increase in government revenue
- more resources can be assigned to improve the living standard of vulnerable groups
Negative
Community:
- spend more time making money and less time doing exercise
- air pollution caused by industrial development leads to deterioration in physical health
Family:
- imply increases in working hours, work pressure and tension between family life and work
- the family relationship may deteriorate
Positive and Negative impact on Economic Downturn
Positive
Family:
- owing to the drop in family household income
- more people may choose to cook and eat at home to reduce the cost of dining in restaurants
Negative
Family:
- unemployment and wage cuts triggers feelings of depression
Community:
- withdraw from some social activities that may affect their interpersonal relationships
Vulnerable Groups:
- relatively difficult for the government to allocate any additional budget to support these vulnerable groups
Effects of Economic Crisis on individual health and well-being
Physical:
- Psychosomatic disorders
- Not able to maintain basic standard of living
Mental:
- Triggers the feelings of depression
- Learn to solve problems and build resilience
Social:
- People may withdraw from some social activities to reduce expenditure
5 types of Family structure
- A nuclear family
– a couple living with their dependent children in the same residence - An extended family
– a nuclear or single-parent family living together with other relatives
(E.g. grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins in the same household) - A stem family
– a multiple family, living in the same household, in which the relationship between family members extends vertically
(a household consisting of a married couple, their children and the husband’s elderly parents) - A reconstituted family
– a couple with at least one partner who has divorced and remarried and which includes children from their previous relationship(s) - A single-parent family
– a parent, who may or may not have been married, lives with one or more of his/her children
Health affects of Family disintegration
Mental aspect:
- traumatic events that have a profound/lasting psychological impact
(e.g.grief)
Social aspect:
- readjustment to new family relationships
Physical aspect:
- possible care deprivation due to the change in family financial situation
2 Consequences of Single parent households
Role confusion:
e.g. children assume parent roles in the family
Contradictory cultural values:
e.g. women take care of children / take up new career skills and seek a job after divorce
What causes Population displacement
natural disaster
human activities such as dam project, war, job, education, family reunion
Population displacement Impacts on health
Physical:
- Health risks due to the change in living environment and lifestyles
Mental:
- Stressor / need for identity /self-image/ sense of belonging in the new community
Social:
- Change in community bonds and support networks
Possible risks of displaced groups or migrants
Possible care deprivation in displaced population
- lack of access to health care information and related services
Readjustment to new environment:
- employment
- study
- social network
Impacts of Migration on Individual and Social Well-being
-PROS+CONS-
Individual Well-being:
Pros
- Better employment /education / living condition
- (Family reunion)/more support in crisis
Cons
- Act as a stressor
- Adjustments in physical, mental and social aspects
Social Well-being:
Pros
- Extend labour force to the society which relieve the burden of ageing population
- May generate immigrant-related problems like discrimination/ labeling due to cultural differences
What is Social support
resources and encouragement received from social network, government and non-government organisations (NGOs)
Types of help from Community and Social Support Network
- Emotional support
- Friendship
- Practical assistance
- Suggestions and information
2 types of Social Support Network
- Tight Social Network
- The members know each other well and can be easily and rapidly mobilized to cope with the crisis of an individual - Loose Social Network
- The members do not know each other and the victim in the crisis needs to exert a lot of effort to explain what happens to others. The spread of information will be under constraints.
5 Functions of a Community
Economic:
- to provide jobs to its members
- carry out economic and commercial activities
Socialization:
- to transmit knowledge, information and values to its members
Social:
- participation to participate in the society through the community
Mutual support:
- to provide mutual support and help to fulfil emotional and physical needs
Social control:
- to supervise the thinking and behaviour of members to achieve social stability
